Vintage Wedding Card with Stamp Simply

A blessed Sunday to you all!

Today's card was inspired by some vintage doilies and old letters I saw at an antique store this week. I think it would make a lovely birthday card, but made it for an old-fashioned wedding celebration.

I started by embossing my light pink panel with the 3D Doily embossing folder, and then sponging on Frayed Burlap for color and "age." The sentiment came next (Birthday Blessings). I wish I had stamped it in Sepia instead of black, but didn't figure that out until it was all done. It's a great crisp black, though, and very clear!

I then wrapped and randomly pleated the seam binding, tying it with my burlap string. Three pearls (placed more to the right than centered to match the doily focus) were then adhered to the string and seam binding with Gina K Connect Glue. I tucked in a little printed vellum, and added a flower to finish.

You can read more about the products I used on the Stamp Simply Blog today!

Stamp Simply Supplies:

• Birthday Blessings
• Sizzix 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Doily
• VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
• Seam Binding Sampler Vintage Neturals
• Kaisercraft Pearls - Latte
• Floral Embellishment
• Burlap String

Other Supplies:

• light pink, kraft cardstock
• script printed vellum
• Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink
• liquid glue
• foam tape

Freshly Made Sketches #587

We have a new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches! Our hostess today is Jen Timko! She makes the loveliest things, so be sure to check out her card today on the FMS blog!

We are supposed to have six days of possible rain (we could use it!) so I was inspired to use this cute umbrella as my main circle. I used several different companies' products:

Rain or Shine - Spellbinders

Sentiment - Concord & 9th

Paper - Over the Rainbow/Honeybee Stamps

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

I hope you will join our sketch challenge, and add your creations to our gallery. This week's challenge will end at 3:00 EDT time on Monday, May 29. Be sure to take a peek at the gorgeous cards my teammates have created on the FMS blog to inspire you. They have such creative ideas. I am so honored to be on a team with such talented cardmakers!

In other news, my daughter and her fiancé got their engagement photos back this week, so I must share one here! We are very happy and excited for them (wedding next year)!

Popping in to Say Hi

Hello stamping friends! 

Today I am sharing a one layer, mailable spring card featuring stamp sets from Stamp Simply. I cased this card from Dee's Art Utopia.

For my flowers, I used a stamp set called Floral Cluster Fall Flowers - but I think they make great daisies too, with these spring colors! 

I started by stamping direct to paper with my ink cubes, in a sort of wonky and non-aligned way. I then stamped the beautiful cluster of flowers in black ink. The sentiment is from the Pretty Poppies set. I think it's a fun look. What do you think?

You can read more about the products I used on the Stamp Simply blog today!

Stamp Simply Supplies:

• Pretty Poppies - sentiment
• Floral Cluster Fall Flowers
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink
• Metallic String

Other Supplies:

• LDRS Creative Hybrid Inks: Lantern Yellow, Pink Tutu, Swimming Hole 
• white cardstock
• foam tape

Freshly Made Sketches #586

We have a new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches! Jacquie is our talented hostess today and I love the playing room in her sketch!

I chose this fun little duck for center stage today. It has been raining here a lot this week, and I decided to do a rain themed card. I used several different companies' products:

Duck With Umbrella - Spellbinders

Sentiment - Paper Smooches

Paper - Over the Rainbow/Honeybee Stamps

Bliss Blue Pearls - Kaisercraft

Salvaged Patina - DOX Ink

I have all my cloud dies together on a magnetic sheet, and am not sure whose clouds are the ones I used today.

I hope you will join our sketch challenge, and add your creations to our gallery. This week's challenge will end at 3:00 EDT time on Monday, May 22. Be sure to take a peek at the gorgeous cards my teammates have created on the FMS blog to inspire you. They have such creative ideas. I am so honored to be on a team with such talented cardmakers!